Game worlds, Story worlds, "Franchises"
Ask something of the reader, viewer, participant.
Give us a chance.. you might like the trip.. and then.. come along on a much longer Voyage.
That was the seed of The Hobbit, the kernel of Dune, the promise of Foundation.
But somewhere along the way Streaming Series have lost the ability to look beyond the next binge and create something enduring, extensible.. unending.
I kind of wished we could get back to "story telling" and following heros, villians and adeventurers.. an just go along for the ride again.
Stargate: Langara, was inspired by Stargate: SG-1 and seemed a 'Logical' next chapter in that Universe.. the Adventures of Jonas Quinn didn't just end .. he went off on his worlds own Adventures.. and occasionally they crossed paths with Earth.. sometimes at Odds.. sometimes as friends.. sometimes badly damaged friends.
Its not a lot unlike Deep Space Nine .. it was meant to be .. another Perspective .. from another time.. with different politics.. not our politics.. and different problems.. not our problems. Its meant as an escape.
When Earth first found Langara and the Nation state of Kelwona it was roughy in the year 1985 to our 1999.. it had competing neighbors and a Cold War and had to keep its secrets. The Stargate was not public knowledge. By the New era of Stargate: Langara - many years have passed. Some of the old conflicts have ended or been resolved, some have not. Langara is not Earth. But they remember Earth.. as both Friend and as Foe. But they also know through Jonas.. that no one person speaks for all of Earth.. and they are basically a good People.
But when Earth mysteriously disappears.. and the Langaran's begin to fear their Stargate program and shut it down. Jonas Quinn finds himself marooned on a world he grew up on, and continues to try to muddle through.. until.. like things do.. something happens .. and Langara: Kelwona "needs" Earths help .. and they unbury their gate and timidly resume the Search for their Friends.
Langara is mostly virgin territory, we know so little of it, it has much to be derived and fleshed out. Their soceity was a mirror in some ways of our own but at a much earlier and critical period in their history. Its a bit of wistful time travel to revist their world and see how things play out. Even with Jonas photographic memory of Earth's history there are no guarantees the Lessons of Earth will help the Langarians avoid their own trials and tribulations.
And they have no Asgard, no Ancients, no Starships .. but like the Tollan they are cursed with the power to literally destory their planet, absolutely through careless action or ignoring the realities of their planets core.
I have fun playing there .. but its not a safe place.. as Q once said
" ...you are about to move into areas of the galaxy containing wonders more incredible than you can possibly imagine... and terrors to freeze your soul.
It’s not safe out here. It’s wondrous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross..
…but it’s not for the timid."
That is very close to the emotional thesis of Langara.
Humanity opened the door.
Langara inherited the doorway.
And nobody actually knows what has been walking through the darkness beyond it.
And suddenly that notebook becomes more interesting. It isn't merely an encyclopedia.
It may be a warning written by an optimist who slowly stopped being certain.
